As everyone around her became more aware of young Helena Petrovna's special powers,

Helena herself came to feel that she had a mission.

All at once, there was a moment of clarity, and she saw herself led by mysterious oriental guides. I am as the reflection of an unknown bright light.

However this may be, this light I am as the reflection of an unknown bright light.

However this may be, this light has gradually been incorporated into me, has filtered

into me, it has, as it were, pierced through me.

And therefore I cannot help myself that all these ideas are coming to my brain into the depth of my soul.

I am sincere, although perhaps I may be wrong. A man named William Kwan Judge, who was an occultist, an Irish American, who had already

become friends with Henry Steele, Olcott, and Blavatsky at this time period, that he was with

Blavatsky one evening, and he picked up one of P.B. Randolph's books that an

unnamed friend of O'Codd had brought. So this guy, William Kwan Judge, who's already hanging

out with the two of them at that time. Henry Steele, O'Cott, comes over at Blavatsky's house. William

Kwan Judge is already there hanging out.

And one of Olcott's friends brings a book of Pascal Beverly Randolph's.

William picked the book up and just started reading through it casually.

And here's his recounting of that.

William Judge says,

I was one day about four o'clock reading a book by P.B. Randolph

That had just been brought in by a friend of Colonel Olcott. I was sitting some six feet

distant from H.P. Levatsky, who was busy writing. I'd carefully read the title page of the book,

but had forgotten the exact title,

but I knew that there was not one word of writing upon it. As I began to read the first paragraph,

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